Question

Some time ago , I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg ．I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there were a whole lot of antique  shops near my home ．So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me ．I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception ．I was quite wrong ．The man wouldn’t even look at my chair ．

The second shop , though slightly more polite , was just the same , and the third, and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong ．

I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind ．I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper , “ Would you like to buy a chair ?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes , not a bad chair ．How much do you want for it , sir ?” “Twenty pounds ,” I said ．“OK ,” he said , “I’ll give you twenty pounds ．” “It’s got a slightly broken leg ,”I said ．“Yes I saw that , it’s nothing ．”

Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited ．“What will you do with it ?” I asked ．“Oh , it will be easy to sell once the repair is done ．” “I’ll buy it ,” I said ．“ What do you mean ? You’ve just sold it to me ,” he said ． “Yes , I know but I’ve changed my mind ．I’m sorry , I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it ．” “You must be crazy ,” he said．Then suddenly the penny dropped ．“ I know what you want ．You want me to repair your chair．” “ You’re right ,” I said ．“ And what would you have done if I had walked in and said , ‘ Would you mend this chair for me’ ?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it ,” he said ．“We don’t do repairs , not enough money in it and too much trouble ．But I’ll mend this for you , shall we say for a five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused （感到有趣） by the whole thing ．

1.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer       ．

A．was rather impolite

B．was warmly received

C．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

D．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

2.The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper       ．

A．changed his mind                       B．a(chǎn)ccepted the offer

C．saw the writer’s purpose                D．decided to help the writer

3.How much did the writer pay ?

A．£5．             B．£7               C．£20．            D．£27．

4.From the text , we can learn that the writer was          

A．honest           B．careful            C．smart             D．funny

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者想修理一把椅子，結(jié)果帶著它跑了四家門(mén)市，都不理作者，也不給修理，到了第五家他變了一方法，進(jìn)門(mén)就問(wèn)你要這把椅子嗎，這次店主很快給出答應(yīng)，20元要這把椅子，緊接著作者又問(wèn)，你要壞椅子做什么，店主說(shuō)買(mǎi)了修好后再賣(mài)，最后作者以25元把椅子又給買(mǎi)回來(lái)，其實(shí)作者花了5元修好了椅子。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者進(jìn)入第五家的門(mén)市說(shuō)的話，可以推知，故選D。

2.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)Yes , I know but I’ve changed my mind ．I’m sorry , I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it .You must be crazy I know what you want 可知選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I’ll mend this for you , shall we say for a five?故選A。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者去了前四家說(shuō)了同樣的話，可是沒(méi)有人理會(huì)，于是就換了一種思維，結(jié)果愿望實(shí)現(xiàn)了，可以看出作者愛(ài)動(dòng)腦思考，是非常聰明的，故選C。

考點(diǎn)：人生百味類(lèi)短文閱讀。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：詞義猜測(cè)題旨在考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文對(duì)生詞做出理解判斷的能力。近幾年來(lái)，閱讀理解中的詞義猜測(cè)題呈上升趨勢(shì)。在閱讀過(guò)程中根據(jù)選材、背景、及上下文等線索推測(cè)出生詞詞義是真實(shí)語(yǔ)言活動(dòng)中的重要技巧。這一能力可以說(shuō)是體現(xiàn)閱讀理解能力的一項(xiàng)重要指標(biāo)。